Iain Laws, CEO for Towergate Health & Protection makes his predictions for the coming year and explains how employers can use wellbeing support to aid staffing issues and meet differing generational requirements. Recruitment and retention improve with wellbeing support The scramble for talent, both recruiting and retaining, will drive the need for better benefits. There […]

Ambitious millennials are prioritising financial security, home ownership and career progression over marriage and having children, according to new research. A survey of 2,017 UK adults carried out by personal training course provider beabetteryou.com, revealed 88% of British millennials have financial stability on their bucket lists. Buying a home (82%), achieving health and fitness goals […]

A survey that compares the working habits of different age groups among 3000 office workers across Europe has thrown up some unexpected findings. Among them it suggests that with age not only comes wisdom, but also greater resilience to extra demands and higher levels of productivity than Millennials. The Wrike Digital Work Report, an independent […]

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published new research analysing the incomes different UK generations can expect in retirement. ‘Retirement Income Adequacy: Generation by Generation’ reveals that automatic enrolment will deliver a real improvement in the retirement outcomes of millions of people in the UK, but there is still room for improvement. Of the […]

The term “millennial” refers to a person born between 1980 and 1994 – also known as Generation Y. This group will make up half of the global workforce by 2050 and already there are quite a few stereotypes of the generation out there. But Guardian reporter Aisha Gani says they’re simply not true (mostly). 1 […]